Moonlight Sonata

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Title: Love for All  Thing

Year:2017

Media: Silk Organza, Gold Sumi Ink, Silver Color Fabric

Method: Sumi Ink Drawing, Burn with Incense, Layered  Fabric

Form: Uchikake Traditional  Kimono for Wedding Ceremony

Size:76” L x 54” , W192 Lx136 W cm

Description:  This work was finished as a form of Japanese Wedding Kimono style.Gold  Sumi Ink  was  applied over  twenty-five yards in length and  16 inches in  width  silk organza.  Patterns  are traditionally used for  Japanese  ceremonial kimono such as up and down dragon, peony, wisteria, chrysanthemum, owl, and  butterfly. After drawing, the fabric  was burned with incense leaving the drawing lunes. The  burned silk organza was  sandwiched by unburned  silk organza and silver  fabric was placed  under them. The  layered fabrics  were  then  tailored  kimono shapes. Incense is  said to be a  food for Buddha and  all those who deceased in Buddhism.In order  to make openwork with incense, I had  to breathe  slowly and  gently following  my  right hand movement, which required careful handling  of  the  fragile  burning  incense  with slow rhythm. This is a mode of meditation and I made  this work with a  heart of mercy  for all creatures and plants, both what  is alive now and what  ended one’s life.